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From: K-Mac< >
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCING: Official Paul Burchfield Response Kit
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 14:23:33 GMT
On Fri, 02 Apr 1999 01:41:50 -0500, Kathleen Akin
<> wrote:
>I have just read each of the posts regarding the above subject. I did not
>realize how badly I needed to get a life. Thank you all for helping me realize
>this.
Well, truth be told, a lot of us need to get a life, or at least
reinvest in the other parts of the one we already have. But that's a
separate question from how we conduct ourselves while we're online.
Unfortunately, without some of the controls embodied in face-to-face
human contact (such as empathy, and the possibility of getting punched
in the nose), civility takes a beating. Which is not to say that
civility isn't under attack elsewhere, too--but to too many people
(most of them the male variety, for reasons too complicated to go into
here), the Net is a place where they can say anything they want
without having to deal with the consequences. This may be the future,
but it sure isn't progress.
Best,
K-Mac
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